Dell S2500 User manual

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Dell™ Workgroup Laser Printer S2500

Owner’s Manual

Look Inside For:

• Setting Up Your Printer

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Dell™ Workgroup Laser Printer S2500

Accessing your User’s Guide

To access your Dell Workgroup Laser Printer S2500 User’s Guide, click

Start →Programs →Dell Printer →Dell Laser Printer S2500 →User’s

Guide.

250-sheet drawer

500-sheet drawer

Printer

Optional tray 2:

Tray 1

Notes, Notices, and Cautions

NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better

use of your computer.

NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of

data and tells you how to avoid the problem.

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage,

personal injury, or death.

____________________

Information in this document is subject to change without notice.

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This software and documentation are provided with RESTRICTED RIGHTS. Use, duplication or

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FAR provisions: Dell Computer Corporation, One Dell Way, Round Rock, Texas, 78682, USA.

FCC emissions information

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant

to Part 15 of the FCC rules. Refer to the Drivers and Utilities CD for details.

CAUTION: Safety instructions

• Your product uses a laser.

CAUTION: Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other

than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure.

• Your product uses a printing process that heats the print media, and heat can

cause certain media to release emissions. You must understand the section in your

operating instructions that discusses the guidelines for selecting appropriate print

media to avoid the possibility of harmful emissions.

CAUTION: If your product is

not

marked with this symbol , it

must

connected to an electrical outlet that is properly grounded.

• The power cord must be connected to an electrical outlet that is near the product

and easily accessible.

• Refer service or repairs, other than those described in the operating instructions,

to a professional service person.

• This product is designed to meet safety standards with the use of specific

Dell-authorized components. The safety features of some parts may not always be

obvious. Dell disclaims liability associated with use of non-Dell-authorized

components.

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Contents 7

Contents

Accessing your User’s Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

CAUTION: Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1Unpack the printer

2Install the optional drawer

3Prepare the printer

Positioning the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Raising the paper rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Attaching an operator panel overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

4Install optional memory cards

Removing the side cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Removing the shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Installing a memory card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Reattaching the shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Reattaching the side cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

8Contents

5Install printer supplies

Removing the packaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Installing the print cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

6Load paper

Loading the trays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Loading the multipurpose feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

7Setting up for local printing

Turning on the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Software overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Status Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Printing Status window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Toner Re-order window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Dell Local Printer Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Dell Printer Software Uninstall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Driver Profiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Installing printer drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

If you purchased your Dell printer and computer together . . . 46

If you purchased your Dell printer separately . . . . . . . . . . 46

Using Windows XP with a USB or parallel cable . . . . . . . . 47

Using Windows 2000 with a USB or parallel cable . . . . . . . 48

Using Windows Me with a USB or parallel cable . . . . . . . . 49

Using Windows NT with a parallel cable . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Using Windows 98 with a USB or parallel cable . . . . . . . . 51

Using Windows 95 with a parallel cable . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

8Setting up for network printing

Software overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Contents 9

Status Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Status Monitor Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Printing Status window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Dell Toner Re-order Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Dell Local Printer Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Print Server TCP/IP Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Dell Printer Software Uninstall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Driver Profiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Connecting the printer to the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Attaching directly to the network (no queue) . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Assign an IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Attaching locally to a server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Attaching directly to the network (queue) . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

9Setting up for shared printing

Point and print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Peer-to-peer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

10 Configure paper trays

Dell Workgroup Laser Printer S2500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Dell Workgroup Laser Printer S2500n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

11 Verify printer setup

Printing a menu settings page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Restoring factory defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Recommended method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

10 Contents

12 Appendix

Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Limited Warranties and Return Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Limited Warranty for Dell-Branded Hardware Products (U.S. Only)

105

"Total Satisfaction" Return Policy (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . 108

Limited Warranty Terms for Dell-Branded Hardware Products (Canada

Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

"Total Satisfaction" Return Policy (Canada Only) . . . . . . . . 113

Dell Software and Peripherals (Canada Only) . . . . . . . . . . 113

One-Year End-User Manufacturer Guarantee (Latin America and the

Caribbean Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Dell Computer Corporation

Ink and Toner Cartridges Limited Warranties . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Ink and Toner Cartridges Limited Warranty (U.S. and Canada Only)

116

Ink and Toner Cartridges Limited Warranty (Latin America Only) .

117

Dell Software License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

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